G/TBT/N/KOR/826  
 
2 May 2019  
(19-3023) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Environment  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Documents are available from the Ministry of Environment (ME) website ( www.me.go.kr ). 
Also available from:  
Chemical Products and Biocides Division  
Ministry of Environment  
Building #6, Government Complex -Sejong, 11, Doum 6 -ro, Sejong -si, 30103, Republic of 
Korea  
Tel: (+82) 44 -201-6804 
Fax: (+82) 44 -201-6786 
Email: hyejink@korea.kr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Active 
substance and biocidal product that want to be admitted its technical equivalence or 
similarity with already -approved active substance and biocidal product  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the no tified document:  Proposed 
"Criteria for Admitting Technical Equivalence of Active Substance and Similarity of Biocidal 
Product, and Preparation of Relevant Dossier " (12 page(s), in Korean)  
6. Description of content:   
1) The Ministry of Environment announc es the criteria for admitting technical equivalence 
of active substance and chemical similarity of biocidal product, and the way how to 
prepare dossier submitted for it in accordance with Article  16 and Article 25 of the Act on 
Consumer Chemical Products a nd Biocides Safety (Law No.  15511, which came into effect 
on 1 January 2019)  
2) When a person wants to obtain approval of active substance or biocidal product that 
have technical equivalence or chemical similarity with already -approved substance or 
product , the person may apply for it with simplified data requirements. This ME Public 
Notice states the criteria to determinate the equivalence or similarity, and share relevant 
human health and environmental hazard, and the way how to prepare the dossier.  
The c riteria define technical equivalence of human health and environmental hazard, and 
chemical similarity including impurities by comparing with already -approved active 
substance or biocidal product.  G/TBT/N/KOR/826  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent  problems where 
applicable:  To secure chemical safety of active substance and biocidal product before 
they are placed on the market, with a view to prevent any incidents like the humidifier 
disinfectant case  
8. Relevant documents:   
• ME NOTIFICATION No. 2018-809 (30 October 2018)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  20 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
93, Isu -ro, Maengdong -myeon, Eumseong -gun, Chungcheongbuk -do, 27737 Republic of 
Korea  
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5525  Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@kats.go.kr  website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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